"Decided to read Hitler, see what the big guy's all about. I've never really looked into him before. Here he is talking about school:"
https://twitter.com/BullOfHeaven2/status/1823423309884842219
I had a teacher of French whose whole preoccupation was to catch us out in a a mistake. He was a hair-splitter and a bully. When I think of the men who were my teachers, I realize most of them were slightly mad. The men who could be regarded as good teachers were exceptional. It's tragic to think that such people have the power to bar a young man's way. [...]
Then, incomprehensibly, he locks jews up instead of teachers. "Hmm, we have concentration camps for children so they can be betrayed
at industrial scale. I know, the problem is that we don't have enough
concentration camps. Some adults (not traitors tho) should have to go
too."
"Yeah teachers only slightly mad." The teachers who could be regarded as [good] were nonexistent, but maybe some were just barely acceptable.
The man who would have put teachers into camps wouldn't have been drawn into an unwinnable war. In recompense, the man who would have put teacher in camps was inelectable. Hitler was indeed a good avatar of germany. Teachers seem slightly mad in reference to the average german, who was twisted at least 360 degrees...a derangement level the modern american can only envy.
Ah, american politicians are crazy mad that hitler was dramatically more electable than they are. Trump is similar to hitler, in the sense he is reflexively detestable to only a small degree. In other words, yes trump is exactly like hitler, as far as the traits that matter to american whores politicians go.
We need a single great leader, a charismatic leader to unify us against our enemies, a man of iron will and perfect discipline, capable of rendering justice without pity.
https://twitter.com/BullOfHeaven2/status/1822465029532533225
What you want, however, is a wife, not a prostitute. If you want a leader, gotta stop being a john.
[Our enemies] are primarily yourselves. Rise up, unite, against your own vices. Whoops.
did venice last a thousand years?
ReplyDeletedunno. not going to find out
ReplyDeleteWeird niche knowledge, yes Venice did last a thousand years. It was the most stable government in human history, it was referred to as 'the most serene republic' because during its entire existence there was never a single coup or civil war.
ReplyDeleteWith eastern rome coming in second at ~900, but with numerous, even frequent political upheavals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
ReplyDeleteNote the tradeoff between space and time. I see expansionism as suicidalism.
China is no longer expansionist.
See also: venice is still venice, constantinople is now istanbul.
"The appearance of plague and a devastating war with Persia exhausted the empire's resources"
ReplyDeleteIf losing resources causes loss of territory, the territory was a cost, not a benefit.
The tyrant shears the demon sheep, but demon wool doesn't pay for itself. Even the tyrant does not profit from tyranny. As you might expect given plato's description of the society.
Solution: don't try to steal territory. Runs up karmic debts.
P.S. Byzantines largely spoke greek, and this is the reason russia today uses [cyrillic]. Hellenized slavs.
ReplyDeleteMuch the same way frogs are latinized gauls.
Playing tall the optimal meta?
ReplyDeleteI do find it interesting during the time period mentioned the various Italian city states were able to wield influence/ monetary power on par with much larger kingdoms.
I wonder if the information age will see a return to this dichotomy. Concentrations of highly skilled/ knowledgeable groups of people (guilds?) in tight geographic proximity. What defines a state? Is geographic sovereignty a precondition, or can a shared mental map suffice?
Also unsolicited Venetian tidbit. The island of Murano was settled by Byzantine refugees after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The Venetians received a large influx of skilled artisans, including glass makers. They were concerned about their city being burned down so the sequestered them on the island. The Venetian glass makers on the island of Murano today are still the direct descendents of those that fled Constantinople over 500 years ago. Their craft passed from father to son in an unbroken chain. A very beautiful thing.
ReplyDeleteSegregation or discrimination is their strength.
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